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Erin Patterson appeal LIVE: Mushroom killer seeks to challenge guilty verdict

Brisbane Times ·
Erin Patterson appeal LIVE: Mushroom killer seeks to challenge guilty verdict

Welcome to our live coverage as Erin Patterson appeals her convictions for three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder following a high-profile trial in Morwell last year.

I’m Lachlan Abbott , and I’ll be blogging the livestreamed Court of Appeal hearing whilst Erin Pearson reports from the courtroom.

Prosecutors will also today appeal Patterson’s sentence to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years for using death cap mushrooms to poison in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, and Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson at a lunch in August 2023.

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